About the FBA’s Law Student Mentorship Program

For nearly three decades, Nielsen & Treas, LLC, has served its clients by offering legal counsel and defending their constitutional rights amidst insurance defense and civil litigation. The partners and associates at Nielsen & Treas, LLC, are members of the Federal Bar Association and licensed to practice law in several district courts in the United States.

The Federal Bar Association (FBA) is a professional organization that consists of over 18,000 federal lawyers and judges practicing law in legal firms, corporations, and federal courts in the United States. Guided by its mission to promote education, welfare, and the professional development of attorneys, FBA also facilitates outreach programs, such as the Law Student Mentorship Program, to strengthen their impact in the legal community.

The Law Student Mentorship Program was organized to teach law students and aspiring lawyers about FBA and guide them through their career decisions. From September 2018 to April 2019, mentors advise their mentees on how to set their personal goals and create a roadmap to achieve long-term career aspirations. The mentors explain the realities of practicing law and help their mentees navigate through some common work problems, such as maintaining a good work-life balance, office politics, and other daily stresses. The mentors also share their experience as members of the FBA and help mentees expand their professional networks during firm events.

Insurance Terms, Business, and Law

Law firm Nielsen & Treas, LLC, in Metairie, Louisiana, serves clients throughout the Gulf Coast region. With a focus on constitutional, regulatory, and insurance issues, Nielsen & Treas, LLC, represents clients in insurance law cases. 

Insurance law refers to the laws governing the insurance business in the United States. The business of insurance is essentially a contract in which one party agrees to pay a sum of money regularly to another party for coverage from certain losses. 

Before 1944, the insurance business was not thought to be “commerce” and therefore was not subject to federal regulation. This changed after the landmark case of United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association, in which the US Supreme Court ruled that Congress could regulate interstate insurance transactions. Afterward, Congress enacted the McCarran-Ferguson Act, which allowed states to make laws that regulate their insurance businesses.